West Indies head coach Phil Simmons wants the batting unit to capitalise on the starts and score runs especially in the middle overs in ODIs.
"We are looking for the way we batted to continue and improvements have to be made in the middle overs from 20-39 in order for us to get from 280-290 to the 320-330 we'll need against Australia," Simmons said. "We've been discussing that since the Sri Lanka series so now it's time to put it into action,” he added.
The likes of Shai Hope, Evin Lewis and Darren Bravo had a good run against Sri Lanka earlier in the year and the coach now wants one of the three to play longer innings and provide resistance from one end.
"It's been great [that] in the last series the top three all got hundreds and what we are asking of them now is one of the top three carry on until the end so we get to that 320-330," he said.
Talking about the opposition, Simmons said that the Australia side will be “coming back stronger” after suffering a defeat in the T20I series. West Indies tasted success against Australia in the five-match T20I series after clinching 4-1 victory.
"The Australians are not going to be an easy target and they will be coming stronger after losing the T20 series,” he said.
The two teams will now lock horns in the three-match ODI series beginning on July 21 in Barbados.